Research and Study Projects

Pension Plans

  • Trends in public and corporate pension plans, finance law, and finance schemes…
  • Relationships between pensions and taxes, pensions and finance, optimum methods of financing pensions, and other basic issues related to pension plans; the separate roles of public pensions, corporate pensions, defined benefit pensions, national pension fund, and other pension plans and directions these plans should take as a whole…
  • Long-term economic forecasts for Japan and the world; the effects of economic fluctuations on public and corporate pensions; the relationship between employment and pensions…

Pension Plan Management and Effects on the Corporate Community

  • The effects on corporate pensions of changes in accounting standards; the responsibilities of trustees; pension governance; defined-contribution pensions (including investor education)…
  • Corporate governance for pension management; financial market problems and advice for pension investors…

Fund Management Strategies for Public, Corporate, and Other Pension Plans

  • Foreign market trends and trends in fund management and management institutions …
  • Building and rebalancing a policy asset mix considering debt and cash flow; risk budgeting and other risk management techniques; fund management policies on foreign exchange; best execution and evaluating execution costs…
  • Evaluating private equity and other alternative investments; using derivatives; evaluating investment products and rating agencies…
    

Research on the Public’s Awareness of ESG Investing of Pension Funds(2018)

Pension Life

  • Quinquennial large survey on life and livelihood of salaried workers
  • Quinquennial survey on the retirement planning of the single persons
  • Development of the programs of Pension Life Plan (PLP) Seminars

Project on Intergenerational Equity